After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 451 Nascent Soul

Gu Chengxue felt that he probably couldn't hear what Jiang Liqian was saying at this moment, as the unimaginable pain almost robbed him of all his senses.

But Jiang Liqian's words, one by one, fell into his ears like thunder.

She said they had settled their scores.

From then on, she neither hated him nor killed him, and she would no longer fight him to the death.

He should have been happy; they had a chance to become friends in the future, didn't they?

But he actually felt sad.

There was no resentment, no hatred; it seemed that nothing existed between him and her in that instant.

The thunderclouds dissipated, the lightning disappeared, and a magical rain began to fall from the sky.

Drizzling, dripping.

As the rain washed away the crimson blood from their bodies, their spiritual energy began to circulate, and their wounds began to heal. Her beauty became even more breathtaking, and his appearance grew increasingly cold and imposing, but they could no longer see each other's faces clearly in their eyes.

After a long, long time, Gu Chengxue raised her hand and gently brushed her hair behind her ears, then used her fingertips to wipe away the dirt from her face little by little.

"Jiang Liqian, you asked me if I believe in fate."

"I can tell you now, I believe."

"I believe in a match made in heaven, I believe in the vows made under the red leaves, and I believe that those destined by fate will surely have a good outcome."

"I don't know where your hatred for me comes from, and I don't know why you wanted to kill me... I will find the answer, Jiang Liqian, I will find the answer..."

After he finished speaking, he turned and rode away on his sword, braving the wind and rain.

Extremely decisive.

Very firm.

With her mind blank, Jiang Liqian looked up at the raindrops falling from the sky in silence, staring at the sky for a long, long time.

Heaven, destiny.

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Under a vast sky and bright sunshine, as Jiang Liqian descended the mountain on flowing red ribbons, she saw Su Yanqing, Shi Tou, and a pale-faced Xu Youan.

Xu Youan looked at her, her lips, which had been bitten until they bled, trembled, and her eyes were filled with a pain that Xu Youan couldn't understand—was it futility? Was it anger? Was it sadness?

Or perhaps, both.

He stood right in front of her, yet an invisible barrier separated them.

"Sister..."

A murmur, half a measure of bitterness.

Jiang Liqian didn't expect him to be here. She couldn't bear to see Xu Youan looking so sad, so she took three quick steps and walked towards him.

Her lips parted slightly, as if she were about to say something, but Su Yanqing preemptively started complaining to her.

"It's a good thing you came down. You need to come and control your crazy junior brother. He's completely insane! You were undergoing your tribulation up there, and the lightning tribulation was so dangerous. I tried to stop him from going up, and he hit me! Look at all these marks on my arm... If people told them I was bitten by a mad dog, no one would believe it!"

"Jiang Liqian, let me tell you, if you don't teach your ungrateful junior brother a lesson today, I'll break off all ties with you! He's so ungrateful! If this guy hadn't come along, we wouldn't have been able to stop him at all!"

Su Yanqing had no idea what bad luck he had. He almost got struck by lightning while following Jiang Liqian, and when he tried to stop Xu Youan, he was about to be beaten by him. Where could he go to seek justice?

Seeing how miserable he was, Shi Tou felt a sense of schadenfreude, but considering Xu Youan's crazy behavior just now, he "kindly" refrained from refuting him.

Then he stepped forward and said "Congratulations" to Jiang Liqian.

He successfully transcended the tribulation and entered the Nascent Soul Realm.

A Nascent Soul genius at fifteen or sixteen years old is truly admirable and enviable.

Jiang Liqian returned the greeting, then walked up to Xu Youan and gently patted his head: "Why are you so reckless? I'm just going through a tribulation. Everyone has to overcome their own tribulation. You can't help me."

Xu Youan lowered his head and gently let her touch his head. Upon hearing this, his eyes darkened, and he grabbed her wrist as she touched his head: "Senior sister, you're lying to me. I could feel your surging sword intent. You were fighting someone. During the tribulation, someone tried to hurt you. How could I not go to find you?"

Upon hearing this, both Shi Tou and Su Yanqing were startled, and Jiang Liqian was also stunned for a moment.

Su Yanqing's reaction was a bit strong: "You really fought someone? No... it couldn't have been Gu Chengxue, could it?"

No way, my God!

Seeing his guilty reaction, Shi Tou asked suspiciously, "You didn't lead them to Jiang Liqian, did you?"

"..." Su Yanqing shut his mouth and silently put down the sleeve he had just rolled up to show Jiang Liqian his wound.

The stone choked.

Or is it true?

He grasped her wrists with both hands and placed them reverently on his forehead. Xu Youan lowered his head, his fine eyelashes trembling slightly, pressing down on his brows and letting the scattered shadows cover the endless loneliness in his eyes.

He really wanted to tell her.

He did manage to break free from the two men's obstruction.

It wasn't that he didn't want to rush up the mountain and risk everything to protect her, to protect his senior sister.

He simply couldn't.

Lightning bolts struck him repeatedly, each one landing right at his feet, making it impossible for him to even take a single step up the mountain.

He was so unwilling, unwilling to accept that he was so weak, that under the heavens he couldn't even resist, that he was a filthy speck of dust, not even as lowly as an ant.

Such dust is not even worthy of risking its life for its senior sister.

But he couldn't actually say anything.

Those who presumptuously discuss the Way of Heaven shall be punished.

Those who defy fate deserve to perish.

Seeking immortality and enlightenment is a long and arduous journey.

He should even be grateful to Heaven, at least he can still be by his senior sister's side, at least his senior sister is still by his side.

"Alright, stop making that face." Jiang Liqian pulled her hand back, smiling as she gently pinched his cheek. "Didn't I come down the mountain safely? Besides, I settled a long-standing grudge, which is a great benefit to cultivation. It's a good thing!"

As she spoke, she took another step closer to him, looking into his eyes with a smile: "Your senior sister has just broken through to the next realm and is now a Nascent Soul cultivator. As my dearest junior brother, shouldn't you say 'congratulations' to me?"

Xu Youan pursed his lips, then suddenly opened his arms and hugged her. After a while, he whispered in her ear, "Senior sister, congratulations."

That voice, soft and coquettish, yet with the deep, husky quality unique to young people, made Jiang Liqian's ears tingle and her earlobes turn red.

Su Yanqing and Shi Tou's eyes darted around, making them too embarrassed to look at them.

They're getting more and more blatant. At least there are other people here.

The group gathered together, preparing to search for Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er, who were still missing. However, before Jiang Liqian and the others could make a move, the ground shook violently beneath their feet.

"Wh...what happened?" Su Yanqing was a little overwhelmed. What bad luck had she run into this time?

He's starting to wonder if he's just unlucky, causing misfortune to befall those around him, or if they're just unlucky, dragging him down with their bad luck.

Stone's expression immediately turned serious. He pointed at the sacred mountain before them, his voice trembling with fear: "Fangzhang Sacred Mountain is... is about to collapse! Run! Run!"